This is a list of individuals who are or were natives of, or notable as residents of, or in association with the city of Racine, Wisconsin, United States.
Arts
Kevin J. Anderson, author Gene Beery, artist Frank Bencriscutto, conductor, composer Karen Johnson Boyd, heiress, art dealer Lane Brody, born Lynn Voorlas, singer Mellona Moulton Butterfield, china painter, teacher Joyce Carlson, artist Alice E. Cleaver, artist Jason Paul Collum, author, film and television director Chi Coltrane, musician Chester Commodore, cartoonist, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize 12 times Ellen Corby, actress Marguerite Davis, biochemist, co-discoverer of vitamins A and B Victor DeLorenzo, drummer, Violent Femmes Peter Deming, cinematographer Harold Perry Erskine, sculptor and architect Payne Erskine, writer Norman D. Golden II, actor Greg Graffin, lead vocalist of political punk rock band Bad Religion Chad Harbach, author Max Hardcore (Paul F. Little), pornographer Ben Hecht, journalist, playwright and screenwriter Kevin Henkes, author and Caldecott Medal winner Lise Hilboldt, actress Harriet Persis Hurlbut, artist Zachary Scot Johnson, singer-songwriter David Kherdian, writer, poet and editor Larry Kusche, commercial pilot and author Fredric March, two-time Oscar-winning actor Barbara McNair, singer and actress Tina Moore, R&B singer Milton K. Ozaki, mystery writer Irene Purcell, actress, lived and died in Racine Warner Richmond, actor Liamani Segura, child singer Ben Sidran, musician Kristin Bauer van Straten, actress Joseph Philbrick Webster, songwriter and composer Nilay Patel, writer and journalist
Athletics
Ellen Ahrndt, AAGPBL player Bill Albright, NFL player Kevin Barry, NFL player Jeremiah Bass, soccer player Annastasia Batikis, AAGPBL player Caron Butler, NBA player Pancho Carter, Indy car racer Jim Chones, NBA player John Clay, NFL player Dorothy Damaschke, AAGPBL player Margaret Danhauser, AAGPBL player Norm Derringer, AAGPBL manager Myron Fohr, Indy car racer Bob Foster, NFL player Jimmy Grant, MLB player Jim Haluska, NFL player Steve Hanson, NFL player Jack Harris, NFL player Fritz Heinisch, NFL player Don Heinkel, MLB player Sonja Henning, WNBA player Joe Jagersberger, Indy car racer and engineer Jason Jaramillo, MLB player Abdul Jeelani, NBA player Kaitlin Keough, cyclist Ed Killian, MLB player Duane Kuiper, MLB player and broadcaster Glen Kuiper, MLB broadcaster Jeff Lee, NFL player Laurie Ann Lee, AAGPBL player Frances Lovett, AAGPBL player Ed Lytle, baseball player Chris Maragos, NFL player Jesse Marsch, professional soccer player and manager Jim McIlvaine, NBA player Kim Merritt, long-distance runner Jerry Mertens, NFL player Brent Moss, NFL player Leo Murphy, baseball player and manager Norm Nelson, stock car racer Dick Phillips, MLB player Eric Rasmussen, MLB player Linda L. Rice, thoroughbred racehorse trainer Shane Rawley, MLB pitcher Gene H. Rose, NFL player Vinny Rottino, MLB player Babe Ruetz, NFL head coach Howie Ruetz, NFL player Joe Ruetz, football player Charles Rutkowski, NFL player Alex Scales, NBA player Tom Sorensen, Olympic volleyball player Jack Taschner, MLB player Ralph Thomas, NFL player Tim Van Galder, NFL player Fred Venturelli, NFL player Jamil Wilson, NBA player Jerry Woods, NFL player Al Zupek, NFL player
Business Jerome Case, inventor Percy H. Batten, founder of Twin Disc, industrialist Nate Blumberg, president and chairman of the board of Universal Pictures Albert J. Dremel, founder of the Dremel company Matthew M. Fox (1911–1964), vice president of Universal Pictures George N. Gillett Jr., owner of the Montreal Canadiens ice hockey team; co-owner of Premier League team, Liverpool F.C. and the NASCAR auto racing team Gillett Evernham Motorsports Jay Grinney, president and chief executive officer of Birmingham, Alabama-based HealthSouth Corporation Jon Hammes, founder and managing partner of Hammes Company Herbert Fisk Johnson Jr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son Herbert Fisk Johnson Sr., former head of S.C. Johnson & Son Herbert Fisk Johnson III, chairman and CEO of S.C. Johnson & Son, member of the Forbes 400 Samuel C. Johnson, industrialist (wax) Samuel Curtis Johnson Sr., founder of S.C. Johnson & Son Helen Johnson-Leipold, CEO of Johnson Outdoors Jim Jorgensen, entrepreneur; Discovery Zone, AllAdvantage and Women's Sports Foundation Craig Leipold, majority owner of NHL's Minnesota Wild Don Smiley, president and CEO of Summerfest and former Major League Baseball executive
Fred Young, president and CEO of Young Radiator
Asha Sharma, Executive Vice-President (EVP) and CEO of Xbox
Military Harold C. Agerholm, USMC private first class, World War II, Medal of Honor recipient James Roy Andersen, USAAF brigadier general Arthur S. Born, U.S. Navy rear admiral Charles F. Born, U.S. Army and Air Force major general Dominic A. Cariello, Wisconsin Army National Guard brigadier general Clinton W. Davies, U.S. Air Force brigadier general Gregory A. Feest, U.S. Air Force major general Irving Fish, U.S. Army major general George Clay Ginty, Union Army brigadier general Donald G. Iselin, U.S. Navy rear admiral, commander NAVFAC John L. Jerstad, major, USAAF, World War II aviator and Medal of Honor recipient Travis King, U.S. Army private second class, defected to North Korea on 18 July, 2023
Politics and law
Gar Alperovitz, historian, political economist, activist, writer Robert H. Baker, Wisconsin legislator, Racine mayor and alderman, chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party George L. Buck, Wisconsin legislator and businessman Melbert B. Cary, chairman of the Connecticut Democratic Party Champion S. Chase, mayor of Omaha, Nebraska; namesake of Chase County, Nebraska Carl C. Christensen, Wisconsin legislator and businessman Joseph Clancy, Wisconsin legislator and businessman Henry A. Cooper, U.S. representative Thomas P. Corbett, Wisconsin legislator and jurist Marcel Dandeneau, Wisconsin educator and politician John Dickert, Racine mayor John Dixon, Wisconsin legislator and businessman Joshua Eric Dodge, Wisconsin Supreme Court James Rood Doolittle, U.S. senator Henry Dorman, Wisconsin legislator John Elkins, Wisconsin legislator Edward Engerud, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court Thomas Falvey, Wisconsin legislator and Racine mayor Margaret Farrow, first female lieutenant governor of Wisconsin Scott C. Fergus, Wisconsin legislator Peter C. Fishburn, mathematician who (with Steven Brams) rediscovered approval voting Gerald T. Flynn, U.S. representative Willis Frazell, Wisconsin legislator and barber William C. Giese, Wisconsin legislator and educator Walter Goodland, Governor of Wisconsin George Groesback, member of the Montana House of Representatives Joseph C. Hamata, Wisconsin legislator and businessman Ole Hanson, mayor of Seattle, Washington; founder of San Clemente, California and co-founder of Lake Forest Park, Washington James M. Hare, Michigan secretary of state Jack Harvey, Wisconsin politician Max W. Heck, Wisconsin politician and jurist Richard P. Howell, Wisconsin legislator, carpenter, and businessman Wallace Ingalls, Wisconsin legislator and lawyer Lorenzo Janes. Wisconsin territorial legislator, lawyer, and businessman Charles Jonas, lieutenant governor of Wisconsin John Lehman, Wisconsin legislator and educator William P. Lyon, 7th chief justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, 12th Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, Union Army officer Harry Mares, former mayor of White Bear Lake, MN, Minnesota state representative and educator Cory Mason, Wisconsin legislator and current mayor of Racine Henry F. Mason, Kansas legislator John G. McMynn, Wisconsin Superintendent of Public Instruction Gwen Moore, U.S. representative for Wisconsin Peter C. Myers, Missouri politician Greta Neubauer, Wisconsin legislator Jeffrey A. Neubauer, Wisconsin legislator and businessman, former chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin Lisa Neubauer, Wisconsin judge Wallace E. Nield, Wisconsin politician Don Penza, former mayor of Wisconsin Rapids, WI, All-American collegian football player, legendary football coach George Petak, Wisconsin politician P. Walter Petersen, Wisconsin politician Kimberly Plache, Wisconsin politician James F. Rooney, Wisconsin legislator, former chairman of the Wisconsin Waterways Commission Sidney A. Sage, Wisconsin politician Horace T. Sanders, Wisconsin politician and military leader M. M. Secor (Martin Mathias Secor), proprietor of M. M. Secor Trunk Company; mayor of Racine 1884–1888 John L. Sieb, Wisconsin politician and barber Lawrence H. Smith, U.S. representative Lynn E. Stalbaum, U.S. representative Jacob Stoffel Jr., Wisconsin politician Robert L. Turner, Wisconsin legislator and Vietnam War veteran William L. Utley, Wisconsin politician and military leader John C. Wagner, Wisconsin politician and businessman Van H. Wanggaard, Wisconsin legislator Paul Weyrich, religious conservative political activist and commentator Philo White, U.S. diplomat
Religion Anton Marius Andersen, Lutheran minister James DeKoven, Episcopal clergyman Francis J. Haas, Roman Catholic bishop Richard J. Sklba, Roman Catholic bishop Rose Thering, Racine Dominican sister; professor at Seton Hall University
Other Laurel Clark, astronaut; died on reentry in her first space flight on Space Shuttle Columbia Ethel B. Dietrich, economist, foreign service officer Marguerite Davis, co-discoverer of vitamins A and B Cory Everson, six-time winner of Miss Olympia bodybuilding contest Paul P. Harris, founder of Rotary International William D. Lutz, linguist F. Don Miller, executive director of the USOC
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